Please could you provide the following information regarding child sexual exploitation:

1. How many children have been referred to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) for children (17 and under) due to concerns about Child Sexual Exploitation in the following years:
2018:
2019:
2020:
2021:
2022 so far:
We do not have a marker that would tell us how many referrals (contacts) were sent to MASH due to child exploitation so we would be unable to provide these details.

2. How many children (17 and under) are currently the subject of a child protection plan with a Child Sexual Exploitation marker / under a sexual exploitation category?
We don’t have a category or collect this data on children with CP plans